Mount Nebo Diakonikon-Baptistery Mosaic, Jordan, Jordany. Part of the Restored Antique Mosaic on the Floor in Memorial Church of Moses. Discovered in 1976, in the northern hall below a simple mosaic floor, the central mosaic of the Diakonikon Baptistery is a remarkable hunting and herding scene, interspersed with an assortment of African fauna, including a zebu (humped ox), lions, tigers, bears, boars, zebras, an ostrich on a leash and a camel-shaped giraffe.

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Mosaic floor in the Moses Memorial Church, Mount Nebo, Madaba Governorate, Jordan, Middle East Discovered in 1976, in the northern hall below a simple mosaic floor, the central mosaic of the Diakonikon Baptistery is a remarkable hunting and herding scene, interspersed with an assortment of African fauna, including a zebu (humped ox), lions, tigers, bears, boars, zebras, an ostrich on a leash and a camel-shaped giraffe.

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Size: 6173px × 4667px
Location: Madaba
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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